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But I have a heart as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who shall not be able to say as much again?

He who invokes God and he answers him is mocked by his friend; the just and perfect man is laughed to scorn.

The torch is held in low esteem in the thought of him that is prosperous, which was prepared to guard against a slip of the feet.

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But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?(A)

“I have become a laughingstock(B) to my friends,(C)
    though I called on God and he answered(D)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(E)
Those who are at ease have contempt(F) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(G)

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